David Mcneil
Software Engineer at Some Company - Confidential
Wentzville, Missouri, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Mcneil is a versatile full-stack software engineer with 14 years of experience building scalable, production-grade systems across Rust, Go, C++, TypeScript, and embedded platforms. He’s a core maintainer on Habitat and a contributor to clap, bringing deep experience in async Rust, Tokio, and secure distributed systems design including TLS and messaging patterns. His background spans high-throughput analytics with containerized architectures and DSP/geolocation pipelines (TS/SCI cleared work), to firmware and low-level systems, giving him a rare full-stack-to-embedded perspective. Known for turning ambiguous requirements into practical, testable solutions, he also improves developer experience through tooling, CI/test infrastructure, and build automation. Based in Wentzville, Missouri, he prefers Rust for its reliability but adapts quickly to the best tool for the job.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Github Skills (32)
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package-management10
scripting10
testing10
build-system10
cicd10
script10
command-line-parser10
argument-parsing10
parse10
sh10
powershell10
rust10
shell10
macros9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
habitat-sh/habitat
Apr 2019 - Oct 2020
Modern applications with built-in automation
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:3 releases, 32 reviews, 686 commits in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:David's contributions focused on streamlining plan initialization within the Habitat project. They removed several configuration flags from the init plan command and updated the Handlebars templates to correctly remove whitespace and include default values for all callbacks. Additionally, the user added support for the `--shutdown-timeout` flag to the `hab sup run` command and implemented TLS support for the control gateway, improving the project's build system and communication security. The user also introduced and refined testing infrastructure and testing for continuous integration pipelines for various components.
containersrustconfiguration-managementpackage-managerautomation
habitat-sh/core-plans
Nov 2019 - Aug 2020
Core Habitat Plan definitions
Role in this project:Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:8 commits, 8 PRs, 19 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to defining and implementing Habitat plans for various software packages, including PowerShell, Pester, and Rust. Their work involved writing plan definition files (plan.sh, plan.ps1), setting up build processes, and integrating testing procedures. They also updated existing plans to incorporate new software versions and ensure compatibility with the Habitat environment.
planhabitatpackage-managerdefinitionspackages
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